Tower Hamlets Training Hub: MECC & The Vital 5
The Training Hub, in collaboration with Tower Hamlets Public Health, is offering half-day "Making Every Contact Count" training to all health and wellbeing frontline staff in Tower Hamlets. Attendees will learn how to have brief, person-centred conversations that quickly identify The Vital 5 key risk factors and support behavioural change.
The Vital 5 is a public health framework aimed at addressing five key risk factors that significantly impact overall health and wellbeing (blood pressure, smoking, alcohol, physical activity, mental well-being). These factors are interconnected and contribute to preventable chronic diseases and inequalities in health outcomes.
Each session is valued at £90 and non-attendance without prior cancellation will incur a charge.
Date
Various
Delivery method
Hybrid (face-to-face and online via Zoom). Those booking online will need a working camera and audio.
More information
Register via The Tower Hamlets Education Provider Network and Training Hub webpage.
Tower Hamlets Training Hub: MECC for social isolation and loneliness
The Training Hub, in collaboration with Tower Hamlets Public Health, is offering half-day “Making Every Contact Count” training to frontline staff in Tower Hamlets. Attendees will learn how to have brief supportive, conversations with residents experiencing social isolation and loneliness using the MECC Framework.
This interactive and practical 3.5 hour module covers:
- the definition, risk factors and impact of social isolation and loneliness.
- developing and practicing person centred communication skills with people experiencing loneliness and social isolation.
- learning and reviewing the MECC framework and how it can be adapted to those experiencing social isolation and loneliness.
- exploring common challenges in having person-centred conversations in relation to social isolation and loneliness.
- exploring how to effectively signpost residents to useful national and local resources for residents experiencing loneliness and social isolation.
Each session is valued at £90 and non-attendance without prior cancellation will incur a DNA charge.
Date
Various
Delivery method
Face-to-face and online sessions via Zoom. Those booking online will need a working camera and audio.
More information
Register via The Tower Hamlets Education Provider Network and Training Hub webpage.
Money Guiders free training
The Money and Pensions Services (MaPS) delivers a calendar of free training sessions to professionals who support people with money troubles. Upcoming sessions cover topics like Income Maximisation, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Awareness, Pensions, Insurance, Student Debt, Housing Mediation, Financial and Digital Exclusion, Credit Unions and Gambling Awareness.
Date
Various dates.
Delivery method
Online.
More information
Visit the Money Guiders Knowledge Hub for information and bookings.
Protection Approaches - Understanding Hate Crime
This training has been designed for those who work with those most at risk of being the victims of hate crime.
The course can be delivered as a short course over 2 hours or as a more in-depth course over a full day. It covers:
- Hate crime laws
- The impact of hate crime on victims, witnesses, and communities
- How and where people can report
- Why it is important to report
- How to support victims
- How to prevent hate crime.
Date
Contact education@protectionapproaches.org for bookings.
Delivery method
Online.
More information
See this Hate crime training info sheet for more information.
Protection Approaches - Identity-based violence & atrocity prevention
This training can include anything from urgent briefings on situations of impending or ongoing mass atrocities, to structural training on how organisations or governments can implement prevention strategies of monitoring, analysis, communication, and response. The session can be tailored according to the needs of partners.
Date
Contact Kate.Ferguson@protectionapproaches.org for bookings.
Delivery method
Online.
More information
Visit the Protection Approaches - Training webpage for more information.
Protection Approaches – Active Bystander Training
This session was created in partnership with British East and South East Asian Network (besea.n). Participants are guided through a series of discussions to explore how they can play a role in tackling identity-based prejudice and violence in their community, school, or place of work.
Content is tailored to the needs of each group. The training has a minimum time of 2 hours but can also be delivered over a half or full day. Content includes:
- What it means to be an active bystander or ally: through group discussion the participants explore what being an active bystander means to them
- Standing up for victims: working through a series of scenarios, participants consider and learn what they can do when they encounter prejudice, harassment or violence such as a racist attack in a supermarket or an inappropriate comment from a colleague
- What you can do if you are the victim: participants consider some options they may have if they are the victim of prejudice or violence, and find out where there are support services and resources.
Date
Contact education@protectionapproaches.org for bookings.
Delivery method
Online.
More information
Visit the Active Bystandership training webpage for more information.